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We’ll be covering the red carpet at the Spike VGAs tomorrow and then will be liveblogging the event. But this year you can watch along live! So why not join us? The Cover It Live box will go live as the Spike VGAs start so we can all chat about the awards, who won and what someone is wearing! I just hope it doesn’t rain! xoxo Trina Spike VGA Follow

THQ invited us to check out Darksiders and meet with the team yesterday. Darksiders is definitely a project of love and passion by Vigil Games. It started out with a team of four men and has grown to 130. Today we had a hands-on with the title and were able to interview two people from the team. In Darksiders, the player takes on the role of War, one of the four legendary Horsemen of the apocalypse. In the story, heaven and hell are fighting each other and the world has been destroyed. War is blamed for starting Armageddon early and is stripped of his powers. He’s also set to wonder the earth forever; War takes this as an opportunity to find out what happened. For the hands-on we sat in a room with the game, Xbox 360, tv and a controller. THQ provided us with uninterrupted hands-on with the game

It might be a Friday but that doesn’t stop the news from flowing in. We just got screenshots and some information about the next upcoming game from Square Enix, Nier. Nier is being developed for the Playstation 3 and Xbox 360 and is set for a Spring 2010 ship date. It’s an action-rpg developed by Cavia Inc. Nier will have deep character development as well as an elaborate story. We should hear more about Nier coming up soon but here’s a glimpse as to the story behind Nier. “Players will jump into the title role of the unyielding Nier as he begins his desperate quest to discover a cure for his daughter, Yonah, who is stricken with the deadly Black Scrawl disease. Armed with a powerful set of magical abilities as well as mighty swords and armor, Nier will do battle alongside a set of formidable allies against waves of

Target has sent over their current and upcoming game sales to get you excited about deals that will help you save on gamer gifts for others or for you. Currently Target has $10 off on 20 top video game titles including Uncharted 2 (PS3), Madden 2010 (Xbox 360 and PS3), WWE 2010 Smackdown V. Raw (Xbox 360 and PS3) and many more. Starting Sunday, December 13, Target guests can save up to 50 off of hot holiday games and gadgets. Here is a sampling of some of the sales: Great Deals on Gaming Gifts · Get a free $30 Target GiftCard® when you purchase a Nintendo Wii game console ($199.99). · Get a free $10 Target GiftCard when you purchase a Nintendo DSi handheld gaming system ($169.99). · The season’s hottest video game bundles are on sale for just $88 this week at Target and Target.com (regularly $119.99-159.99 each), including:

Playstation blog spoke with Sony director of development, John Hight and he mentioned that God of War III is “complete”. “The entire game is complete – we’re not adding anything to it,” he said, adding: “We just made beta with the game so we’re doing a lot of play-testing, tuning the game to make sure that it’s fun, got the right level of complexity and of course optimised so that it runs super-smooth.” Here’s the video interview. The game is due out in March and it’s time to get excited! Follow

Natalie Portman has figured it’s time for her to take on zombies. She will also be taking on Jane Austen at the same time. Variety.com reports that Portman is going to star in and produce a film based on the book, “Pride and Prejudice and Zombies”. The book is by Seth Grahame-Smith where he takes the Jane Austin classic and adds some flesh eating zombies for the sisters to kill. The film is slated for a 2011 release so you have until then to go and read the book. It’s very funny and you have to love zombies appearing at a ball and everyone freaking out and the group of sisters attacking. Follow

Mature Australian gamers have a very difficult fandom. This is because Australia’s Attorney General thinks he knows how to best protect you and the “public interest”. Of course that means keeping mature games out of the country. Speaking to ABC News, he said: “This is a question of a small number of very zealous gamers trying to impose their will on society. And I think harm society. It’s the public interest versus the small vested interest.” That’s right your numbers are small and he must protect the public good you zealous adult gamers. The problem is that in Australia they don’t have an R rating and that limits what access adults have to various entertainment. “It doesn’t seem democratic that a single Attorney General should be able to dictate what the vast Australian population can interact with,” said Ron Curry, CEO of Australia’s Interactive Games and Entertainment Association. “The government

Apple Corps, MTV and Harmonix have announced that The Beatles album, Rubber Soul will be available to purchase and download on December 15. Rubber Soul is the third album from the Beatles to appear at the Rock Band Music Store. The songs on the album include: • “Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown)” • “You Won’t See Me” • “Nowhere Man” • “Think For Yourself” • “The Word” • “Michelle” • “What Goes On” • “Girl” • “In My Life” • “Wait” • “Run For Your Life” Price updated and fixed. Looks like album price is higher than original press release stated. Price: · $1.99 USD, £.99 UK, €1.49 EU (160 Microsoft Points for Xbox 360) per each individual track · $17.99 USD, £9.19, €11.25 (1440 Microsoft Points for Xbox 360) for “Complete The Album Pack” Follow

Hello Kitty Online players that are in the holiday spirit can participate in the “2009 HKO Toys for Tots Charity Drive”. Players are encourage to collect a defined set of in-game items and turn them in to Game Masters. Every item set will go towards a real life contribution from Aeria Games on behalf of HKO North American Players. One Set consists of: • Short Sticks (x10) • Webley Webs (x5) • Shell (x5) • Bramble’s Comfort (x10) Players that turn in one set or more will get a crab plush toy for their efforts. The event will take place through December 16th. Dates, times, and places that players can drop off materials to GMs by Nyoko in Sanrio Harbour are: * December 14th at 5, 6, and 7 PM (EST) * December 15th at 7, 8, and 9 PM (EST) * December 16th at 10, 11, and 12 PM

Nintendo’s NPD numbers came out and it’s hardly any surprise that the DS and Wii were the number 1 and 2 selling systems for the month. The Wii sold more than 1.25 million units in November and the DS/DSi sold 1.7 million. “Nintendo products top Amazon.com’s Most Wished For and Most Gifted lists for video games, and Wii remains at or near the top of the most-searched for video game terms on Yahoo!,” said Cammie Dunaway, Nintendo of America’s executive vice president of Sales & Marketing. “As families and friends gather for the holidays, Nintendo games offer the best shared experiences.” Four Nintendo games were in the top 10 best seller list. New Super Mario Bros Wii came in at number 3, Wii Sports Resort at number 6, Wii Fit Plus at 7 and Mario Kart Wii at 10. Follow